Color printing and cutting press



April 26, 1932;

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COLOR PRINTING AND CUTTING PRESS Filed April 13 1925 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 IDI BMW 1 Illl m- INVENTORS I Frank lALFldsfT J F E Patented Apr. 2 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ream: w. AIDSIT AND Janus r. mum, or s'r. PAUL, mmmso'ra. ASSIGNORS, BY manor m MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T ROTARY caa'ron MACHINE comm, a

CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA.

coma rnm'rme anncor'rme raass application filed April 1a, 1925. Serial m. 22,698;

stock runs through the machine only once and that immediately upon'printing the stock is died out into a particular formation, if it is desired, so that a finished'carton or other. article adapted to be printed upon comes out w of the machine finished? and ready for use.

It is a feature of the invention to provide a machine wherein several colors can be printed at the same time in a single operation and without the necessity of passing the stock being printed upon over cylinders and around drums, but to permit the paper stock or other material which is being "printed on to be passed straight through the machine in a practically flat plane. -This feature of the invention includes means for printing upon both sides of the material as it passes through our machine. I 7

Our machine includes means for gripping the materialso as to cause the same to be drawn through the printing cylinders, this gripping means being positioned so as to engage the stock where thessame .is overlapped or pasted and thus having a tendency to corrugate the sameslightly so as to cause the pasting to grip firml particularly in the making of certain kin s of cartons.

It is a feature of the invention to provide adjustable printing-units which are adjustable in relation to the type c linders and the'cylinder carrying the prin in blanket.

Thus the units can be removed in ividually and adapted for'use for different colors of ink. Eachunit isselfcontained so that it is operated by a master gear or control andso that the same can be removed independent of the other ink" and printing units. The units include the inking fount, feeding roller, spreader and applying rolls, together with the :type cylinder and are operated. through the master gear which engages directly with the gear driving the type cylinder and the type cylinder operates the other rollers of the unit so that these units are self contained and are removable separately without the disconnection of rods or shafts which operate these parts. In this manner the units are easily and quickly removed or applied to the machine and one or more units can be applied to operate with eachcylinder carrying the printing blankets, so as to print several colors atone time.

feature of the invention. includes the placmgof the cylinders which carry the printing blankets directly or diametrically v opposite to each other and adjustableina manner so that the stock to be printed on isv passed "directly through the same. This permits the stock to be printed on each side simultaneously so that after the stock passes through these rollers it is printed in finished form and ready to he died out into the shape desired, if itis being made into cartons or articles of that nature. The cylinders carrying the printing blankets are provided with ad ustable means which permit the shell which carries the blanket to be removed from the core or shaft and a larger or smaller shell 'tobe readily applied thereto so that work of different proportions can vbe .passed through the cylinders by changing... the cylinders which carry the blankets to conform with the desired dimensions. This is accomplished in a very slmplemanner.

It is alsoa feature of our invention toprovide a cutting cylinder whichis adapted to cut the material or die it out into the shape of cartons or other suitable articles by a retary butting means as fast as the; material passes through the printing cylinders. This means of cutting is made upby a. cylinder which is'provided with a removable shell so as to permit different sized cutters to be read ily adapted to the machine and each cutting cylinder is formed with cutting knives and scoring rules which are soldered to theperiphery of the shell or cylinder in the position and shape desired. In conjunction with the dieing out or cutting cylinder we provide means for pressing out the scrap material from between the formation of the finished flat stock. This is accomplished by rotary means which is positioned near the cutting cylinder and permits the waste material to be pushed out of the wayand permits the finished articles in their died or blank formation to pass out away from" the machine.

When the finished stock leaves our machine forth and pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the drawings formmg part of our spec-- ification,

Figure .1 is'a side elevation of our machine.

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic view in side elevation showing the position of the main parts of our machine and the functionof I so the samevin operation with a roll of paper or other suitable material being fed through the machine. I

Figure .3 is an enlarged view taken on the line 3-.3 of Fig. 1. r

Figure i is a detail of a portion of the inking fount and unit, looking down on the same to the line 4.-4.in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a detail side elevationof one of the inking and printing units showing the yoke for supporting the same in operative, position wit the printing or blanket cylinders.

' Figure 6 is a diagrammatic view taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a diagrammatic view taken on the line 77 of Figure 3.

Figure 8 is a detail of one of the blanket cylinders showing the means of applying and removing the blanket holding shell.

Figure 9 is a detail of the type cylinder in enlarged formation, a portion of which isbroken away.

Figure 10 is a view of the wrench for adjusting the type cylinder in relation'to the driving gear, which operates the same.

Figure 11 illustrates the cutting or dieing out cylinder showing a detail thereof. and the gear for driving the same.

1 Figure '12 illustrates a cross section of the score rule used on the cutting cylinder.

Figure 13 illustrates the cross section of the cutting rule used on the cutting cylinder. Figurevl l shows the blank formation of a carton which is printed and cut out automatically on our machine.

.Our color printing and cutting press Ais illustrated in side elevation in Figure 1,.showing the general position of the parts. The machine is of a small,- compact nature, having the printing unit B at the forward endand the rotary cutting press O .at the rear end of the same.

In Figure 2 we have illustrated-the machine diagrammatically merely to show the relative position of the parts and the general operation of the same. In this figure it will be noted that the paper stock which is to be printed upon is fed from'the roll D held in any suitable manner at the front of the machine andthepaper stock 10 from the roll.

is fed intothe printing unit B and from the 1 printing unit to the rotary cutting press C. A suitable conveyor H of ordinary construction is positioned at the rear of the machine 'to carry the finished articles away from the press. The diagrammatic illustration in Figure 2 and the side elevation in Figure 1 illustrate the general position of the parts in our machine. It will be readily noted from these illustrations that the paper stock can be printed on either side of the paper at the same time, owing to the fact that the printing unit B is composed of two printing cylinders 11 and 12 which are positioned diametrically opposite each other and held adjustable by the bearingbosses 13 and 14 in the frame 15 of our press.

The printing cylinders 11 and 12 are of ordinary well known construction whereon a rubber blanket or other suitable ink transferring substance is held and which is of or- The -gear"16 is driven by any suitable power transmitting means and preferably byan electric motorwhich is of ordinary well known construction and is not illustrated in the drawings. The gear 20 meshes with the gear 21 carried by the cylinder 11, so that the cylinders 11 and 12 operate in unison.

It is essential that the cylinders 11 and 12 operate uniformly together so that the printing on either side of the material 10 is uniform. The connection of the gears 20 and 21 is clearly illustrated in Figure 3 and in this figure. the bearing surfaces 25 and 26 are I formed on either end of the cylinders .11 and 12 so that'the'cylinde'rs will not bear too heavily together and to permit the proper meshing of the gears 20 and 21. The bean ing surfaces-25 and -26'on the end of the cylinders 11 and 12 respectively properly space the rollers apart but permit the material 10 to pass between the same so that the rubber than is true of the ordinary printin blankets on the cylinders 11 and 12 will readily transfer the printing ink from the type rollers to the material 10.

The inking and printing units E are selfcontained in aunit as a whole and operate in a much more simple and effective manner machines. These units E can be indivi ually removed or attached or even-adjusted on our printingmachine A. The units E are held to the yoke 27 by the bolts 28 adjustable about the yoke 27 with the gear 29 on the end of the type cylinder 30 in mesh with the gear 21" of the cylinder 11, as illustrated in Figure 5 of the drawings diagrammatically. In this manner the type cylinder 30 is driven by the.

cylinder 11. V

A pair of composition rollers 31 are adapted to bear against thetype cylinder 30 in the ordinary manner and are. provided with gears 32 on the ends of the shaftscarrying the composition rollers which mesh with the gear 29 in a manner so as to drive the composition rollers' to apply the ink to, the type of the cylinder 30. Directly above and centrally positioned to the pair of composition rollers 31 is'positioned the metal ink spreading cylinder 33, and this cylinder is driven by the gear 34 which meshes with the gears 32 of the composition rollers. The gear 34 is of suificient width so as to permit the longitudinal oscillation'of the cylinder 33 in the operation of the unit E to spread the ink evenly over the rollers 31. The shaft 35 which carries the cylinder 33 is provided with a gear 36 on the opposite end to the gear 34 which meshes with the gear 37, as illustrated in Figure 3, which is supported in the side of the unit on a stud shaft 38 and which carries a pinion 39 which meshes with the gear 40 on the fountain roller shaft 41, which carries the fountain roller 42. By this means of meshing gears the unitE is operated from the gear 21 in a manner to feed the ink from the ink fountain 43 to the type cylinder 30.

As the shaft 41 of the fountain roller 42 is rotated the cam 44 on the .end of the shaft opposite to the gear 40 is rotated, and the lever arm 45 which is pivoted at 46 is operated so that the steel roller 33 is reciprocated back and forth by means of the engagement of the end 47 of the lever 45 in the annular groove 48. In this manner the ink is spread evenly over the rollers 31.

A feed roller 49 is interposed between the fountain roller 42 and; the applying roller 33, as clearly illustrated in the diagrammatic outline in Figure 6. This feed roller 49 is 1 operated by means of the cam 50 and the coil spring 51 carried by the shaft "52, which sup ports the arms53 from the shaft 52 to support the applying or feedingroller- 49 in a manner so that the cam 50 will'move the roller 49 into position to engage with the sur-' are also of the same construction roller 42. Thus in the operation of the unit E the ink is fed from the fount 43 through the roller 42 to the feeding. roller 49, and from the roller 49 to the spreading roller 33, which applies and spreads the ink ,to the composition roller 31. A wheel 54 carried by the arm 53 engages with the surface of the of the frame of the machine A and are provided with a T slot 55-into' which the head of the bolts 28 engage in the ordinary, well known manner, in a manner so as to slide freely when the nuts of the bolts 28 are loosened, and this permits the adjustment of the units E to any position about the areshaped' yoke 27. The yoke 27 is shaped so that its arc is co-axial to the cylinder 11 and to the cylinder 12 to either side-of the frame at the ends of the cylinders.

As many units E can be placed about the arced yoke 27 as desired, such as is illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, where three units are shown about the cylinder 11.

The yoke 27 is supporting thev units E Y about'the cylinder 12, of the self-same'constructlon as just described, and the units E about the yoke as. illustrated in 'igure 1, except where the units E are placed below the cylinder 12 as illustrated, the ink fountains 43 of the units E are reversed so as to hold the ink in relation-to the feedin roller 42 without spilling fountains 43 are ad ustable about the shaft 41 which carriesthe feeding roller 42 in any suitable, well known manner; I

Each unit E is supportedto the side members or brackets 60, which are provided with heads of the bolts 65 engage. The bolts 65" ositioned the same. 'T e ink.

extend through the brackets 60 and when these bolts are tightened by suitable nuts the arms 62 are held rigidly in position against the supporting brackets 60.. This permits the type cylinder to be adjusted in a yoke member 68, near the upper 'free end of the arms-62. The yoke members 68 are held rigidly in position by the set screws 69 so as to firmly clamp the supporting arm or bracket '66 against the bracket 62 and permit movement between the parts after they are set in the desired osition. The inner end of the yoke 68 is ormed with a depending bracket arm 68' which carries an inwardly extending bearing portion 70 which forms a supporting bearing for the shaft 35' of-the spreading roller 33. By meansof the connecting parts, primarily the arm 62, the arm 66, the oke 68 and the supporting arm 70, the di erent bearings for the respective rollers of the inking units E are adjustable in relation to each other, so that they can be moved to the desired positions to hold the parts in the most desirable position-in relation to the position that the units E are held on the yokes 27 It is obvious that as the different units E are positioned at different radial positions in relation to the cylinder 11 or the cylinder 12 that the rollers must be adjusted to be set at the most advantageous angle to properly support the ink fountain 43 and'the other connecting parts, so that they will operate most effectively. The yokes 68 engage the end of the arms 62 and the arms 66 with afree' connection to permit a slight lateral adjustment as well as a vertical adjustment through the yoke, thus permitting the rollers 31 to be adjusted so as to properly contact with the type of the roller 30 and to permit the roller 33 to be adjusted tdproperly contact with the rollers 31 even though the parts become slightly worn or deteriorated by shrinkage to reduce the diameter. slightly, particularly of the composition rollers 31, and so as to make all 0 the rollers contact properly. This adjustability is essential in the perfect operation of my inking unit.

The arms 70 are formed with a machined portion 71 about the outer surface of the same which is engaged by the clamping end 72 of the bracket 7 3 so as to permit circumferential adjustment of the bracket 73 about the shaft 35 of the roller 33. The brackets 73 are adapted to form a supporting means for the levers 45, as illustrated in Figure-7. The upper end of the brackets 73 are formed with a clamping portion 74 similar to the portion 72 which projectson either'end of the fountain roller 42andthe'shaftiwhichsupports the same, but are spaced therefrom and are adapted to engage the supporting brackets 75 projecting from the end of the ink fountain 43, as illustratedin Figures 4, 5 and 7:

I By means of the clamping ends 7 2 and 74 of the bracket 73' the ink fountain 43 can be adjusted circumferentially about the shaft 35 into any desired position, as is illustrated in Figure 1 of the drawings, so that the ink founts 43 can be adjusted to hold the ink without spilling the same and permitting the units E to be set at any radial angle about the yokes 27. The clamping ends 72 are of orthe brackets 73. This is clearly illustratedin Figure 7 of the drawings.

The stud shaft 38 is secured to one of the brackets 73 as illustrated in Figure7 and is positioned on the inner side of the bracket so as to support the pinion 39 and the gear 37 thereon. This pinion and gear are rigidly secured to rotate together, freely journalled on the shaft 38.

Each of the units E arepperated primarily through either the gear 21 or the gear 20 from either of the cylinders 11 or 12, by means of the gears 32 whichmesh with the gears on the cylinders 11 or 12, and the gears 32 in turn operate the gear 34 on the shaft 35, and then the shaft 35 through the pinion 36 operates the gear 37 with the pinion 39, while the pinion 39 operates the gear 40. In this manner the ink mechanism is completed, operated and rotated by a suitablegear means or from the single cylinder, either 11 or 12, without any rods or lever'connections and cams to rotate the respective rollers. The

oscillation of the roller 49 is completed by the cam 50 and the-roller 54, together with the the spring. 52, while the roller 33 which sprdads the ink on the rollers 31. is' moved longitudinally by the levers 35 operatihgin the-cam recesse's44. In this manner the inking units E which areall identical in our machine,'function as a single independent unit, which can bedetached or secured to the machine "at the difierent positions about the yokes 27 so that one or more colors can be applied to the printing blanket carried by the cylindersll and '12, and thus several colors or a singlecolor can be printed at one time on the paper stock or material passing through the machine, such as 10.

\Ve have described one of the units E and obviously all of these units. areexactly alike,

which, is alsotrue of the lower portion of our press, which includes the cylinder 12 and the yokes 27 on either side of the frame for holding the units E in position. p In Figure 3, while we have illustrated the inain portion of the side frame of our machine, yet to more clearly illustrate the position of the units E about the yokes 27 we have only illustrated these parts diagrammatically, so as to more clearly show the po-.

sition of the respective parts of each of the units, particularly the rollers and the type cylinders in their relation to the printing cylinders 11 and 12. Figure 2 also shows the principal parts of our machine in diagrammatic illustration. k

In operation our machine is designed to print various articles and particularly articles where it is desired to print several colors at the same time, and print on both sides of the articles This makes our machine particularly adapted to print cartons such as F,.

illustrated in the development in Figure 14, These cartons can be printed in several 001-. ors, all of which colors are applied at one time, owing to the fact that the units E can each apply a different color, and if several units are adaptable for use it is readily apparent that a carton such as F can be printed while the material formation of the carton is made, passing through the machine in a practically flat plane. It is important that material can be printed very readily in our machine which cannot be easily bent or where it is not desirable to bend it at all and thus allow .the printing to be accomplished on heavy stock and cardboard or other material which must be kept fiat before and after printing, yet several colors can be printed as the material runs in one operation through our machine.

A feature of our invention resides in interchangeable printing cylinders 11 and 12 which carry the printing blankets on the outersurface of the same. These printing blankets 80 are of ordinary, well known construction and are attached in the ordinary,

.Well known manner. The ink is transferred from the type cylinder directly onto the Y blankets 80 and from the blankets 80 the ink 25 and 26 are constructed on the cylinders 11 and 12 in a manner so as to be practically on the pitch line of the gears 20 and 21, and thus properly space the cylinders 11 and 12 apart. Each of the cylinders 11 and 12 are identical in construction.

In order to print articles of different sizes it is desirable to have the cylinder such as 11 constructed with a sleeve portion 81 which is :taneringly mounted upon the'core member 82 which is carried by the shaft 83, which supports the cylinder 11. The sleeve 81' is held rigidly upon the tapered core 82 by the attaching bolts 84. The sleeve 81 is provided are times when it is desirable to change the with lug members 85 which project from the end of the same andpthrough which the attaching bolts 84 extend and are held against disengagement from the lugs by means of the collars 86, rigidly secured upon the shank of the bolts. In this manner the outer free ends of the lugs are interposed between the head on the bolts 84 and the collars 86 and thus form a support for the bolts in which the bolts are adapted to rotate freely. The inner end of the bolts 84 are threaded into the sleeve core 82 in a manner. so that when the sleeve 81 is being attached to the core 82, the

bolts 84 are adapted to be drawn taut is held by the bolts 87 or any other suitable means so that the plate can be readily removed, as illustrated in Figure 1. To facilitate the easy removing of the side plate 15 and to support the cylinders we provide long bearings 88 on the opposite side of the frame of the machine A to support the shafts and cylinders when the bearings 13 and 14 are removed with the plate 15. This permits the sleeves 81 of the cylinders 11 and 12 to be readily removed or shipped so that the properly sized sleeve can be attached to the core 82 of the shafts 83 without removin the shafts and by a very small amount ofla or in adjusting the machine.

The gears 20 and 21 are carried by the cylinders 12 and 11 or the sleeve portions 81 which permits the proper changing of the gear ratio so that the gears on all of the sleeves constituting the cylinders 11 and 12 mesh properly in the operation of the machine. It will be readily understood at this time that,should the sleeves illustrated in the drawings such as 81, be substituted for smaller sleeves, that when the type cylinder would necessarily need to be readjustedsso that the gear 29 on the end of'the same is brought into openmesh with the gear on the end of the adjacent cylinder or sleeve of the cylinder 11,

The type cylinders 30 of theunits E are changeable so that various sized type cylinders can be readily attached to the units E in operation of the machine. However, the

,size or diameter of the type cylinderwill depend on how many impressions for individual articles it is desired on each rotation of the blanket cylinders 11 or 12. In other words, one rotation of the blanket cylinder can make the outline of several cartons and this depends on the size of the same. There diameter or size of the type cylinder and to -of the cylinder onto the supporting shaft.

The 'sleeve of the cylinder 30 is held on the supporting shaft 89 which is provided wlth a conical bearing member 90 on one end which vis rigidly secured to the shaft 89 and which engages into a counter sunk portion in the end of the cylinder 30. The other end of the cylinder is centered and supported by a conical sleeve 91 which is freely supported on the shaft 89 and by means of a nut 92 which is threaded to the portion 93 on the shaft 89 the sleeve 91 is drawn tight into a counter sunk conical portion in this end of the sleeve 30 and thus the type cylinder sleeve is drawn tightly against and between the bearing members 90 and 91.- This centers the sleeve in relation to the shaft 89 and provides a practical means of holding the cylinder 30 in rigidity in relation to the shaft 89, so that the same will rotate together in the operation of the machine. The gear 29 is rigidly keyed to the shaft 89 and held firmly thereto so as to rotate the shaft in operation. By removing the key 94 which holds the gear 29 rigidly to the shaft 89 the gear can be removed when the cylinder 30 is changed in size, if it is desired. The one side of the gear 29 fits against the conical member'90 on the shaft 89, thus forming a support and stop for the gear when it is keyed. to the shaft.

In operation it is-very desirable to sometimesmove the type on the type cylinder to move the entire surface of the type cylinder so that it would be adjustable practically micrometrically in relation to the blanket cylinders 11 and" 12 and -to facilitate this we have provided ear rack means 95 on the inner surface of tl ae gear 29 and gear rack means 96 on the adjacent portion of the sleeve of the cylinder 30. When it is desired to adjust the sleeve of the cylinder 30 to have the same register properly with the other,

printing cylinders, of the other units properly, where severalcolors are being printed upon a surface at one time, so that each color will properly register upon the blankets of'the cylinders 11 and 12, any one 'of the type cylinders 30 of the units E can be adjusted by loosening the nut 92 so that the sleeve of the cylinder 30 is free to rotate,

not too freely, but sufliciently to permit the wrench 97, formed with the gear-toothed operating end 98, to engage with the racks 95 and 96 in a manner so as to rotate the'sleeve of the cylinder 30 in relation to the gear 29 and the shaft 89 supporting the same in either direction as may be desired. This ad justment permits the cylinders 30 to be adjusted so that each will properly register their respective colors to cause a uniform printing by the blankets onto the material passing through our machine A. After the sleeves of the cylinder 30 are adjusted by the wrench 97 the nut 92 is drawn tight so as to hold the sleeve in place and against movement in relation to the gear 29. Each of the cylinders 30 are provided with bearing surfaces, 99 on either side of the same and these surfaces bear against the bearing surfaces 25 or 26 of the cylinders 11 or 12 so as to properly space the type cylinder from the same.

To permit the more accurate setting of the sleeves of the cylinders 30 .in relation to the gear 29 we provide gage marks 100 on one side of the bearing surface 99 of the cylinder, while one of the teeth of the gear 29 can be marked at 101, so as to permit the very fine and accurate adjustment of the sleeve of the cylinders 30. This makes the adjustment very easy, asthe operator can readily see just how far the cylinder is moved each time it is adjusted. The racks 95 and 96'can be of any suitable length so as to permit the adjustment to any extent desired, or the operator can use this rack and wrench adjustment for only a small distance and move the cylinder for greater distances by changing the gear engagement 29 with the gear 21, or the gear 20. However, this feature of the invention is very important because it permits absolutely accurate adjustment of the type units with each other, so that registry of the same will be'as accurate as possible.

After the material has been printed upon passing through the cylinders 11 and 12 it passes to the rear portion of the machine and is passedthrou h the rotary cutting press C. As the material passes through the press '0 it is designed'to be cut into the shape desired, such as cartons F, which are outlined by cutting rules secured to the surface of the cylinder 102 of the press C, which preferably is the top cylinder of the press C. This cylinder 102 has the cuttin rule portion 103 firmly secured to the sur ace in the shape of the outline of the carton to be died out of the material 10 and is also provided with the scoring rule 104 which scores the cartons at the points whereiit is desired to be folded. The cutting knives 103 and the scoring rules 104 are of a ribbonlikemat'erial or of a wire nature, with cross section as illustrated in Figures 12 and 13, and are adapted to be bent to the desired shape and soldered'to the thin shell portion 105 which iscarried by the removable sleeve 106 constituting the cylinder 102. The'sleeve106 is held by thenut 107, which is similar to the nut 92 of the cylinder 30, to the shaft 109 by means of the conical end bearing member cutting and scoring "knives can be retained for a particular job or work and new cylinders can be applied to the conical ends 108 which are carried by the shaft 109 and which are similar to the conical members 90 and 91 of the type cylinders so that any suitable shape of article can be died out by the rotary cutting press C. Cooperating with the cylinder 102 is the compression cylinder 110. This cylinder 110 is provided with a surface of sheet material of. a soft nature, such as zinc, copper, or other suitable material of a similar nature, so that the cutting knives 103 will readily cut into the material passing through the press C and to permit the articles to give the desired scoring to the same. The cylinders 102 and 110 are ,provided with meshing gears 111 which are of the same general nature, having the'same pitched diameter and meshing together to rotate the cylinders in unison and the gear to the gear 111 and the.shaft 109 in a similar manner to that illustrated for the type cylinder 30, so that the gear racks 113 and 113 are provided in the gear 111' and the bearing surface 112 respectively, into which the wrench 97 is adapted to engage, so that when the nut 107 is loosened so that the sleeve 106 is loose on the core 108, th e wrench 97 can operate to change the position of the sleeve 106 in relation to the gear 111 and the shaft 109. This'adjustment permits the cutting and scoring of the cartons or articles being printed and. formed on our press to register properly without printing and to conform with the desired positioning of the cutting and scoring means so that the printing-comes in the proper place on the carton when it is died out. v v

By fitting the shape of the cartons together it is obvious that, where the size permits, several cartons can be made in a single rotation of the printing and dieing out means of our press. This permits very rapid production of cartons or other articles of this nature on our machine and is an important feature of the invention. After the material is passed through therotary cutting and scoring press Cthe material extends through the separating press G which includesta cylinder 114 and a cylinder 115 which are positioned in a manner so that the axis vof the cylinder 114 is positioned beyond the axis of the cylinder 115 in the frame of the machine. The cylinder 114 isformed with projectingportions scoring rules 104 to properly impress the line of .travel of the finished cartons or articles, thus causing the waste: material to have a tendency to be kicked downward while the finished articles are passed along 'the conveyor H and carried away from the machine. The conveyor H is of an ordinary, well known construction of conveying belts, and carries rear'of the machine and permits them to be gathered up and packed together. The drawings illustrate the'conveyor H only diagrammatically in Figure 2. It is evident that the cutting knives 103 can be of any suitable shape on the cutting press Cso that any desired shape offinished stock can be run through the finished articles rapidly away from the' our machine A, that is, either square, round or any"suitable shape,"such as thecartons, illustrated by F in the drawings. The shape of the finished product is controlled entirely by the cutting press Grand if it is desired'the cutting pressfC canbe eliminated together with the separating press G, so that the stock can be run through the printingpress rollers B from the roll of stock such'as D and printed on either side or both sides of the stock and printed with one or more colors asmay be desired. I

The cylinder 102 of the press is provided with a nurled rule 120, which extends around the cylinder on either side of the, same, as illust'rated in Figur e'11,or the nurled rule 120 may be placed at any position upon the cylinder 102 where it engages preferably the .flap

of the carton or other article which is folded in or pasted when the articleisfinished. This nurled ruling 120-}is adapted to engage the stock and,assist in drawing it through the press C and hold it in place to prevent slipping. The nurled rule 1'2Q is'similanto the scoring rule 104, excepting that the surface thereof which engages the paper stock is nurled and isfastened to the sleeve of the cylinder 102 in the same manner. as the nurl-. ing rule 104 by sweating or other suitable.

means for securing the same in place.

When the printing cylinders 11' and 12}'are changed, the plate 15 with the journal bosses '13 and 14 are removed so that the :en'ds'eo-f the 1' shafts 83 are free'and so that the sleeves can be easily removed .by operating the 'polts 84; and as the p1ate'15'is of suflicicnt size an open 1 space is made in the side of the frame of the machine by removing the plate 15 and thus the sleeves can be changed very'easily; The

, long bearings 88 providea .novel means of supporting the shafts 83 firmly in place while the change of the sleeves is being made. This is an important feature of our invention.

I that when the units E which is accomplished mainly through 'the yokes 68 and the brackets 60 which are held upon the yokes 2.7. Heretofore printing presses have been developed with very complicated adjusting mechanism for the inking means and insofar as we know no unit, selfcontained, easily removable and attachable to the press has ever been developed before, 'so that it is'quite important in consideration of our invention that the simplicity and free adjustment of all ofthe connecting parts is evident in o'urunits E. This permits us to p ,I quickly adjust our press for various occasions and, affords the operation of the machine in the most simple, yet effective manner.

In Figure 11 we have illustrated a. means for attaching the shell to the core 108 which consists-of a circular flange 150 :vhich is dividedinto two half portions and is held by means of the bolts 151 to the end of the shell. The shaft 109 is threaded to receive the nut 107 while the inner end of the nut 107 is formed with a flanged'head 152 which fits beneath the flange 153 of the flange 150, so

that the nut'107can be. freely rotated in a manner to attach or disengage the shell from the core portion 108. The nut 107 is attached to the shell by the'fiange 150- audit is for this reasontha't thelflange is divided. so that the nut can be readily to rotate when held by the flange. This construction permits the shell tobe easily attached'or disengagedfrom the shell 109,

and to be firmly and rigidly held on the tapered core 108,, or detached therefrom when desired. This attaching means also permits the adjustment of the cylinder or shell by the gear means 113 and 113' when the'nut 107 is loose. After it is adjusted the nut .107 is tightened, which forces the, shell onto the tapered core 108.

The sleeve 106 is adapted to carry a thin shell cylinder 154 which fits tight over the surface of the sleeve 106 and which is made of brass or copper, or any other suitable metal, to which the scoring, cutting and hurled rules can be attached by soldering or any other suitable means to fix the same rigidly to the shell :54. The manner of atattached and is, free invention can be applied to 'taching the nurled rule 120 or the scoring taching the cutting rule 103 and the scoring rule 104, the design to be cut and scored by these'rules respectively being first laid out on the shell by pencil or chalk so as to desig nate the place where the same isto be soldered to the shell. The cutting and scoring rules 103 and 104 respectively. are of a pliable nature so that theycan be shaped by bending to conform with the design pencilled on the surface of the shell 154 and when pro erlyshaped are soldered rigidly over the Sign? so that the proper configuration can be cut and scored from material passing under. this cylinder. 7

In use it is desirable to change the shell 154 for different jobs. This is accomplished by operating the nut 107 and removing the cylinder sleeve 106 from the tapered core 108 and-when this is removed'the bearing surface 112 adjacent the gear'lll remains on the core 108. This permits the, shell 154 to be removed from the sleeve and-a new shell 154 laced on the same. -This interchanging of the shells 154 fromthe sleeve 106 permits the retaining of a certain design which can be stored away until wanted for use again for a certain article, without making it necessary to make a new set up of the scoring and cutting designs on the sleeve. Therefore it is apparent that the scoring and cutting same.

The bearer 112 is provided with pins 155 which engage in the end of the sleeve 106 so as to form a rigid connection between the sleeve 106 and the bearer 112 when they are attached on the shaft 109. This 1pgrmits the adjustment by means of the rac 113' when desired to -properly adjust the sition'of the sleeve 106 on the shaft with relation to the other parts of our invention.

' While we have illustrated a particular formation and construction in our drawings of our press and the connecting parts, it is obvious that each and all of these parts are of an extremely simple and inexpensive construction and as we have described our invention in accordance with the patent statutes we -desire to have it understood that the drawings are only illustrative, and that the uses other than those above set forth within the scope of the following claims:

We claim:

- -1. A printing press including a blanket printing cylinder, a printing blanket thereon,

' a self-contained type and inking unit detach l ably secured to an arcuated'support on the frame of said press and associated with said printing blanket in a manner'whereby said 113 and type and inking unit can be adjusted into any desired position upon said arcuated support about said printing cylinder for the purposes specified.

2. A printing press including a printing cylinder, a type and inking unit self-contained and removably secured to the frame of said press associated with said printing cylinder and means whereby said type and inking unit may be adjusted to diflerent radial positions about said printing cylinder.

3. A color printing press including a pair of diametrically oppositely positioned printing cylinders, individual self-contained type and inking units detachably secured to the frame of said press in a manner to transfer the impressions from. the type units to the printing cylinders and means for operating said press whereby material passing through said press is printed on ,both sides simultaneously at the point of tangent of said printing cylinders to print the stock passing through said press in a single operation while the stock is extending in a substantially flat plane through said press.

4. An offset printing press including a printing cylinder, said cylinder carrying a substantially dry printing blanket and type and inking units detachable as a unit associated with said cylinder and adjustable thereabout in a manner to transfer the ink from the type of each unit to said blanket which is adapted to print on material passing through said press.

5.. An offset printing press including a blanket printing cylinder, means for removing the shell of said c or smaller shells, individual type and inking units associated with said cylinder and means for adjusting said units into diflerent radial positions about said cylinder and into adjustment with larger or smaller cylinder shells to uickly and readily change said press for different size printing when it is desired.

6. A removable type and inking unit including a type cylinder, ink spreading and feeding rollers, an ink fountain,a train of gears extending from said type cylinder to operate the rollers of said inking unit, means for adjusting the rollers and fount of said unit to extend at various angles from said type cylinder and; means for removably supporting said unit to a printing press in a manner to permit said type cylinder to be operated by said printing press through a single gear connection to said press.

-7. A printing press including a radially adjustable type and inking unit, means for removably holding said unit to. said press so that the inking unit may be adjusted. atv various angles about the type cylinder and gear connecting means whereby said unit is operated from a single gear connection with said press and a train of gear connections extendlinder to receive larger ing from said single gear connection to operate the inking mechanism of said unit.

8. A rotary offset press including a pair of blanket cylinders positioned diametrically opposite each other, radially adjustable rotary type and inking units detachably supported to said press in a manner whereby said units can be attached or detached from said press individually.

9. A rotary oifest printing press including printing blanket cylinders positioned diametrically opposite each other, means for holding said cylinders adjustably together whereby material can be printed by passing between said cylinders and means for removably supporting type and inking units radially about said cylinders whereby ink is transferred from said units to said cylinders and said cylinders are adapted to print on the material passing between the same.

10. A printing press includin a type cylinder, means for operating said type cylinder, a conical member within said cylinder secured to the supporting shaft and operating means to change the radial position of the type by rotating the cylinder to any desired position on said conical member, and means for locking said type cylinder on said conical member.

11. A printing press including self-contained type and inking units, means for bolding a series of said units in operating position in relation to offset printing blankets each type unit comprising a type cylinder havin an adjustable, and removable shell where y the type of one unit can be adjusted to any desired position to the proper register with the type of another unit to permit the accurate registry of the type of all of the units whereby different colored ink can be used in the different uni-ts and the type of the units can be set to register properly with each of the other units.

12.-An inkin and type unit for printing machine includ ing a ty e cylinder, inking rollers, an' ink fount a justable about said inking rollers and means for adjusting said inking rollers about the type cylinder.

13. An oifset printing press including a blanket printing cylinder, a cylindrical shell upon said -cylinder, an integral tapered core bearing surfaces on said shell, a transfer blanket between said bearing surfaces, and means for removably securing said shell upon said; tapered core of said cylinder whereby shells of different sizesmay be employed. 1

14. An offset printing press including a blanket printing cylinder, a shell upon said cylinder, an integral tapered core and means for removablysecuring said shell upon the tapered core, and supporting means for said icylinder including, long bearing means whereby shells of different sizes may be inserted in place or removed'without removing the cylinder supporting shaft.

15. A type and ink ng unit for printing presses, including a type cylinder, an ad- I justable ink spreading roller associated with said type cylinder to evenly apply the ink to said type cylinder, an ink feed means circumferentially adjustable about said spreading roller, and means for operating said ink mechanism of said unit by a train of gears from said type cylinder in a manner so that the type and inking unit can be attached or removed from a printing press in its entirety.

16. A self-contained type and inking unit for printing presses adjustable to various an.- gles about a printin cylinder including a type cylinder, distri uting rollers and ink fountain adjustable with respect to each other, and means for operating said ink distributing means and fountain through the operation of said type cylinder,

'17. A radially ad ustable, removable type and inking unit, adjustable to various angles about a printing cylinder, self-contained, so that it can be removed in its entirety and means for operating the inking mechanism of said unit through the operatlon of the type cylinder of said unit.

FRANK W. ADSIT. JULIUS F. EMME. 

